PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 44, 21 February 1905, Page 3

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(Ptoffl'Onr Special Correspondent)

LONDON. January 21. ■'ft was 'reported *«* wek tha * *wT who wxs then en route for °°? wnuid after a brief sojourn there Sff • W Jj p to Australia and New Zearf primarily for the purpose at pay«]3n ; ffi to her daughter. Lady Pluijf? Inmiiria have eliHted the fact ■1 w 1-uivsbip no intention of vova% P to Maoriland, but v.ill 55n°from". Spain to her Irish home, SSeboye, County Dovm.

_■ y\ Gratton Gmnnesa, of Waibi, ~ ; t 'i- n d' arrived in Loud on on Jaauary jjfSf'im-Jotoed there by his vvif,. !-!m has been in England tor (he last I months. After v short stay in f g ndon and the Ronth of En-land, Dr. SSS» iirtends to go to Dublin and I c out a post-graduate ennrso of rtudj!fDublin University and Hospitals. His *' and he wfll remain m Dublin tor Tj. or four month.-, and then ' S a iort tonr will reM-.rn to Now Zealand.

Haneiuia. ttie Maori singer, has liad } cancel all his English engairements to an attack of pneumonia, brSht on by thq severe tog. Hia doctor has ordered him to the fcouth of Europe until after the winter.

The second round of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hopkins' progressive euchre tournament for Christchnrch friends in London wa.s Lnckded this week. Th. first prize, silver-mounted walking stick, was won by Mr. B. SpilW, and Mr. J. Foster annexed the consolation prize.

Callers at the Agency-General this ,™pk- Misi W. J. Bathgate (Dunedin). JfrVß. Falconer. M.8.. D.P.H.. Miss Kathleen Ryley. Dγ- and Mrs. \V. Gratlan Guinness ( Auckland).

Sir A. I , - Douglas, late of New Zealand, was elected a Fellow of the Colonial Institute at the la?t meeting of the Council.

ANew Zealander carried off the lton"s ghare of the honours for the past year's work at the > T ationnl Dental Hospital and College. The l)e-,ui r>f The Hospital, in his speech at. the amiual dinner of Mst and present students, montioned thst-three gentlemen raounpoHsed all the class priTes for the year, and one ut them, from New Zealand. Mr (J. H. Parkinsun, had been particularly brilliant. Hi- Parkinson's performance ceitainly bears out the Dean's words. Tic carried off one gold and five bronzo medals, a case of instruments, and six first certificates. His record for the year stood as follows:—

Dental Anatomy—Medal and Ist Certi ticate.

Dental Surgery —Ist Certificate. Dental Mechanics (Practical) —Ist Cer

tificate and Medal. Dental Mechanics (Theory)—lst Ccrtifi

■cate and MedalOperative Dental Surgery—Modal and

Ist Certificate. Dental Histology—Medal and Ist Certificate.

Ash Prize—£3 3/ case of instruments. Eymer Medal (gold)— For GeneraJ Proficiency.

yMr Speacer Gollan. the -well-known intipodean sportsman, and his friend. Tom Sullivan, ex-sculling champion of "England, -were instrumental in faring a couple of lives on the River Thames not far from Hammersmnh last Suadav morning. A tub-four with a coxswain of the Alpha Club were rowing up-river, and when opposite the Doves ran into a very rough patch caused by a sudden Squall, and a moment later the crew were struggling in the water. Of the fve not one could swim even fairly well, and tire stroke la young man named levies] not at all. Fortunately, tit the critical moment Mr Oollan and SulliTan were proceeding up-river for their Sunday morning spin in a double-sculling (boat. Seeing the danger of tho party 'they at once sculled over to and taking om on the end of their boat nreed wiih him to rhe shore. They returned and rescued another. In the meantime the men in the had chmg to tie boat. and. in their- efforts •io board her they turned the waft over- All tbo men weje Thrown «lear. One of them named Hjuico:c «eiEed ■«n oar floating; by and gavo it to Davies. He then swam ashore. A roan «na rum-tam and two scullers iv a Skiff had meanwhile resojed the fourth Ban. but Dlavies had disappeared, ;vnd it *"s not uniil two o'clock thai, his body *as recovered by the dmg-s. At the inVest the coroner warmly complimeuted ■Mr ffollaa ajid Tom RnJlivaii on their promptitude., but for which he said the wnirt woakl certainly have held an iu<<pxy on niore than one corpse.